Western District.
The Missouri Court of Appeals, Western District will convene court next month at Missouri Western State University.
According to a news release, on October 4, 2017 a three-judge panel consisting of Presiding Judge Victor Howard, Judge Alok Ahuja, and Judge Rex Gabbert will hear oral arguments in three cases beginning at 9:30 a.m.
The cases originated in area circuit courts. The judges will hear oral arguments and then take time after the arguments to discuss the court system and take general questions from the audience.
Judge Victor Howard will preside over the proceedings at Missouri Western. He was appointed to the Court of Appeals in 1996. Previously he practiced law for fifteen years, and then served as a trial judge in Clay County. Judge Alok Ahuja joined the Western District in 2008. He previously practiced law in Washington D.C. and Kansas City.Judge Rex Gabbert was appointed to
the Court in 2013. Prior to that, he served as a municipal judge, an associate circuit judge, and as a circuit judge in Platte County.
The Court convenes regularly in Kansas City. However, for over twenty years, the Court has held sessions in several of the 45 counties in the Court’s jurisdiction, which includes all of northwest Missouri, and most of central Missouri.
The Court convenes oral arguments outside of Kansas City to give individuals an opportunity to observe a part of the judicial system they normally do not see, and familiarize those attending with the Court’s role in the judicial system.